The company's purpose is to engage, both in Switzerland and abroad, in the following activities: the acquisition, holding and management of participations and interests in other companies, entities, consortia, associations with or without legal personality, both national and foreign; the technical, strategic, administrative and financial coordination of the entities in which it participates, the granting of financing in any form exclusively to the participating entities and the issuance of guarantees, pledges and mortgages, guarantees in general, including real guarantees, for obligations contracted by the participating entities; assistance and consulting for the analysis and solution of business problems and in matters of business organization and corporate governance; the purchase, sale, exchange, construction, restructuring, management and operation and subletting, leasing, of real estate in general, both urban and rural, including the realization of real estate complexes; the acquisition, use, concession, under different titles, and transfer of industrial property rights of any type and nature; strategic and operational marketing activities and market research; research and development activities; study, design, and implementation of software solutions as well as IT consulting. Within the limits allowed by the current legislative and regulatory provisions, the company may carry out any other auxiliary or instrumental activity as well as perform all operations that are necessary, useful or opportune for the achievement of the company's purpose, or that are directly or indirectly connected to it.